I really dislike red roses. They always seem too mundane to me. The only ones I do like are those that are nearly black - which is hard to find at a florist. I grow one of those, called Papa Meilland and oh my the scent is just over the top. LUV
Yes, that's how I feel, but I did forget to say that I love Dr. Huey roses. My Mom had several that sprung up in our yard, and she always tried to kill them (she hated the color red, but did manage to birth a red-headed daughter, me!). Thankfully, she never succeeded in killing them. It's the only red rose I truly like, and the scent is not very rose-like, it's a bit spicy/musky. When she sold the house I spent most of my life in, I took a cutting, and rooted it. It died, or so I thought. The next spring, one sprung up by the heat pump, which has a white trellis enclosure, and, wow, do those roses look so pretty growing on it! I was so happy that I had managed to save it--I was so sad in thinking I killed the one thing from my old home. And, it makes me smile--I think of Mom--and how she would've laughed to think that blasted rose out-lived her, and came to live at my house!
I think they are beautiful!
I don't know that I've ever seen those. I need to look them up. DH introduced me to honeysuckle nectar earlier this year while on vacation. The smell was amazing! I'd love to have that here! I'm not usually an indoor plant type of person; but I'd love some more things planted outside! I need some scents for after the lilacs are done.
I really like January jasmines (also known as winter honeysuckle)-the smell is just heavenly. I have a bowl of hanging jasmines in my bedroom, the dining room, and the den. But the most abundant plant in my house is cat grass.
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